Lavatory carrier



Oct. 29, 1957 H. L. RHOADES, JR

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United States Patent Ofitice 2,810,917 Patented Oct. 29, 1957 LAVATORY CARRIER Harry L. Rhoades, Jr., Erie, Pa., assignor to J. A. Zurn Mfg. Erie, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application July 29, 1952, Serial No. 301,547

1 Claim. (Cl. 4-170) This invention relates generally to lavatory carriers and more particularly to concealed self-supporting lavatory carriers which are supported on the floor of a building.

Walls in buildings are becoming narrower and it has come to a point where previous lavatory carriers supported from the floor cannot be concealed in the walls in many present buildings, especially those with two by four studding or tile. This is particularly true of the heads on the present carriers which are slidably disposed around the outer sides of present tubular vertical supports. In many instances, these heads have an outside diameter greater in thickness than the walls. Trouble is also encountered in present lavatory carriers in that the tubular support pipes become loose in the support members on the floor with the result that there is damage to the wall and there is an unstable support of the lavatory.

These prior supports have vertical tubular members slidably engaging bottom support members and held in place with set screws which become loose.

It is, accordingly, an object of my invention to provide a lavatory carrier supported from a fioor of a building and adapted to be concealed in a narrow wall thereof which is simple in construction, economical in cost, economical in manufacture, and elficient in use.

Another object of my invention is to provide a lavatory carrier supported from the floor of a building which may be concealed in a wall of minimum thickness.

Another object of my invention is to provide a support for the legs of a carrier which minimizes the loosening thereof.

Other objects of my invention will become evident from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a view taken on the line 1-1 of Figs. 2 and 3 of my novel lavatory carrier;

Fig. 2 is a view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my novel lavatory carrier;

Fig. 4 is a view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are side elevational views of other embodiments of foot supports forming part of my novel lavatory support;

Fig. 8 is a plan view and Fig. 9 is a side elevational view of another embodiment of a foot support for my novel lavatory carrier;

Figs. 10 and 11 are side elevational views and Fig. 12 is a plan view of another embodiment of head for my novel lavatory carrier;

Fig. 13 is a View taken on the line 13-13 of Fig.

Fig. 14 is a view taken on line 14-14 of Fig. 16;

Fig. 15 is a view taken on line 15-15 of Fig. 14; and

Fig. 16 is an enlarged sectional view similar to Fig. 15.

Referring now to the drawings, I show in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive a lavatory carrier comprising flat feet 1 with bifurcated ends 1a having apertures 2 so that they may be bolted to a floor. The feet 1 are ordinarily concealed in the floor of a building. The feet 1 have comparatively high, upwardly extending, cylindrical support members 3 with bores 4 for receiving the lower ends of tubular legs 6. The feet 1 have upwardly extending bossed portions 8 with laterally extending apertures 9 for receiving a spacing bar 10, each of the bossed members 8 having locking bolts 12 extending therein for engaging the spacing bar 10 to secure the feet 1 a predetermined distance apart.

Each of the tubular legs 6 has telescopically disposed in the upper ends thereof cylindrical members 13 with substantially rectangular shaped heads 14 on the upper ends thereof. The heads 14 have laterally extending threaded apertures spaced vertically from each other for threadably engaging laterally outwardly extending, threaded supporting studs 16, the studs 16 passing through apertures 17 in lavatory carrying arms 18 to support same. The arms 18 are held in position on the supporting studs 16 by nut and washer assemblies 19. Lock nuts 20 engage the sides of the heads 14 to lock the supporting studs 16 in predetermined lateral positions. Each of the heads 14 has an upwardly extending rounded portion 22 with a laterally extending aperture 23 for receiving a spacing bar 24, each of the portions 22 having a locking bolt 26 extending therethrough for lockingly engaging the spacing bar 24 to hold the heads 14 of the carrier in a predetermined lateral spaced relationship. The upper ends of the legs 6 have threaded apertures 27 for threadably engaging locking bolts 28 shown in Fig. 4 to lock the cylindrical members 13 in different vertical positions relative to the legs 6.

It will be noted that the lateral extremities of the heads 14 do not extend outwardly a greater distance than the outside of the legs 6 so that this carrier will fit into a two by four studded wall with ease. The spacing bar 24 may be bent centrally thereof to permit the passage of a vent pipe.

Fig. 5 shows a flat foot 30 with an upwardly extending pin 31 on bossed portions 32 which fits inside of the lower ends of either of the legs 6. The bossed portions 32 have a transverse aperture 33 for receiving a spacing bar 34 which is locked by a locking bolt 35.

Fig. 6 shows a flat foot with an upwardly extending tubular member 41 internally threaded at 42 to threadably engage the lower threaded end 43 of a leg 44. A bossed portion 45 on the foot 40 has a transverse aperture 46 for receiving a spacing bar 47 which is locked by a locking screw 48.

Fig. 7 shows a flat foot 50 with an upwardly extending tubular member 51 therein tapered internally thereof at 52 to receive the lower tapered end 53 of a leg 54. The foot 50 also has a bossed portion 55 with a transverse aperture 56 for receiving a spacing bar 57 which is locked by a locking screw 58.

Figs. 8 and 9 show a base 60 having a cylindrical extension 61 with a bore 62 for receiving the bottom of a supporting leg for my novel lavatory support. The base 60 has a transverse aperture 63 for receiving a spacing bar. The extension 61 has a threaded aperture 64 for receiving a locking screw to look a leg in the bore 62 of the extension 61.

Figs. 10 to 13 inclusive show a tubular leg in which are disposed complementary wedge members 71 and 72. The wedge member 72 has a head 73 on the upper end thereof with a laterally projecting portion 74. The lat erally projecting portion 74 has a threaded aperture 75 for threadably engaging a threaded stud 76 which is also threadably engaged with a threaded aperture 77 in the enlarged upper end 78 of the wedge member 71. A washer and nut assembly 79 threadably engages the upper end of the stud 76 and abuts the upper side of the projecting portion 74. The head 73 has vertically spaced, threaded apertures 80 for threadably engaging supporting, parallel studs 81 engageable with a lavatory carrier as heretofore described. Nuts 82 threadably engage the studs 81 and abut the side of the head 73. The head 73 also has a bossed portion 83 with a transverse aperture 85 for receiving a spacing bar 84.

' The Wedge members '71 and 72 are positioned in a desired position in the'upper end of the tubular leg 70; the stud 76 is rotated to move the Wedge member 71 relative to :the wedge member 72,1thereby wedging them in the upper end of the tubular member 70.

Figs. 14, 15, and 16 show another embodiment of the invention. The feet 101 are integrally attached to the support member 103 and apertures 109 are provided to receive transverse rod 110; 'Tubular leg 106 is received in bore 104 of the support member103. Locking bolt 112 is provided to lock the'tubular leg 106 in the support 103 and locking bolt 113 is provided in threaded hole 114 to lock the transverse rod 110, in place, Bore 104 is relieved at 105 and .at 107 so that the leg 106 engages the bore at 115 and 1116. In this arrangement,

when the bolt 1121s removed, the leg 106 will not be inclined to stick in bore 104,.- The leg 106cm be removed and thus broken loose so that it will not be inclined to freeze in the bore 104. The, holes. .102 are provided in feet 101 for fastening the feet members to the floor or other supporting base.

It will be evident from the foregoing description that my lavatory carrier has a firm support for the 'legsof the carrier, thereby minimizing any chance for looseness and damage to the walls in which the carrier isconcealed, it has telescoping heads which may be inserted in a Wall of minimum width, and it has a novel combination and arrangement of parts. 7 7

Various changes may be made in the specific embodiment of my invention Without departing from the spirit thereof or from the scope of the appended claim;

a heads holding the upper ends of said legs infixed spaced What I claim is:

A lavatory support comprising laterally spaced support members having spaced flat feet extending in a first direction, said feet having upwardly extending, internally bored supporting members thereon, laterally bored bosses on said feet,,a spacing member in said lat-l eral bores, upwardly extending tubular legs in said upwardly extending bores, 21 head supported on eachsaid leg, said heads'being generally cylindrical and being disposed in said upwardly extending legs, two horizontally extending threaded bores i Said heads extending in said first direction, threaded bolts in said threaded bores,

lavatory support arms on said threaded bolts attached to said gheads thereby, a horizontally disposed bore in;

said heads generally perpendicularto said threaded bores, and a spacer member in said horizontal bores in said relation.

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